Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
NEW FANCY WORK.
Valuable Hints and ideas for Ladies Fond
of Making Pretty Things.

of Making Pretty Things.
A new style of work for satin cush-
ion covers is carried out entirely with
the finest japanese tin sci. The designs
best adapted for this work are leaves of
various kinds, which should be ironed
off in the usual way All the outlines,
veins of leaves, stems, etc, are fol-
lowed with tinsel carefully and fatty
laid on, the general effect when finished
being that of a group of gold skeleton
waves. Spiders webs also may be in
PRODUCED among the leaves with good
effect, and the work maybe carried out
with fine sewing silk if it is thopghS
pleasanter to work with than the gold.
Nothing could look prettier or more
uncommon than a handkerchief, glove.
and night-dress sachet, all en- suite, of
cream-colored satin embroidered with
these leaves, and lined and quilted with
the palest, most delicate shade of pink
OF blue. These would make pretty and
elegant wedding gift to young bride.
Some ladies are very clever at en-
broidering monOgrams and letters in
the corners of their handkerchiefs. but
for those who desire wider scope fors
their energies 1 may recommend the
new way of embroidering sheets. The
top edge of the sheet, where it folde
over the bed when it is made up, can be
handsomely embroidered with white
linen thread in satin stitch for about q
foot or fourteen inches of its depth.
The design should be bold one, and
color may be added if preferred to plain
white. The embroidery should be as
thick and as handsome as possible. "
This STYLE of ornamentation will wear
we'll and is more sensible than the sham
sheets we haze seen of late.
Floss silk embroidery is pretty and
useful for a great variety of purposes,
notably for panels fronts, waistcoats
and cuffs of evening dresses. Care
must be taken when commencing this
style of work that the hands are per-
fectly smooth and not roughened by any
kind of plain work, which is best laid
aside till this is finished. The
main advantage of floss silk is
its tendency to wear rough, so
that every care must be taken to keep
it smooth as long as possible. Let the
material chosen be either Chinese
crepe. fine cashmere or nuns cloth, in
any pretty, delicate color. Trace out a.
design as much like an Indian one as
possible, and work it in long satin .
stitches, letting them lie against the
material as fatty as possible. The
stems must be worked in ordinary
crewel stitch, but berries, centers of
flowers and such designs must be
worked in with satin stitch over q
foundation of stitches, or a wee piece of
cotton wool laid on first to serve as padS
ding.
This work looks charming on flannel
dressing gowns or jackets. while dainty
little head fannels for infants may be
worked in the same way, and will sell
at bazaar by dozens. White floss silk
on pale blue or pink is pretty, ande
many would admire the effect of the
white on dove color or fawn colored
nuns cloth. If the work is intended to
be made up an evening dress. to fol-
low the outlines after the embroidery is
finished, with fine gold or silver tinsel
is very great improvement.
Embroidery on canvas Of various
kinds appears likely to remain in vogue
for some time; but the canvas now in.
use is somewhat different To the mate
rial usually known under that name;
neither is it entirely covered up under
needlewOrk. as it has hitherto been.
The newer kinds are woven with
n pattern as groundwork, often
representing sprays of flowers or
branches of trees and largely inter-
mixed with tinsel. The embroidery Q
only covers a part of it, and is fire.
quently carried out with crewel or Ber-
lin wool, which gives raised and rich
appearance. Much of this embroidery
is worked with tapestry stitches, which
are much more effective and quicker to
execute than the now well worn cross
stitch.-N 7. Herald.